Black History Month is upon us and several resources are bridging the gap between Black History and American History. Whether you are a parent or an educator there are a variety of websites and services offering lesson plans, study guides and interactive timelines reflecting back into the African-American experience. Here are six tools you can […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Civil rights advocates say harsh disciplinary practices at many Mississippi schools lead to children being expelled and even incarcerated for minor infractions, policies that disproportionally affect minorities. A joint report by groups including the ACLU and NAACP says the problems are more widespread than just the city of Meridian, where the […]
A new federal study revealed that students feels school is way too easy. The Center for American Process evaluated three years’ worth of annual surveys from the Department of Education’s National Assessment of Educational Progress. Researchers found that: •37% of fourth-graders say their math work is "often" or "always" too easy; •57% of eighth-graders […]
A teacher and teacher’s assistant at Varnett Charter School in Houston, thought it was a good idea to put three and four-year-old children in a closet for five minutes at a time if they acted up in class. But they not only put them in the closet, they told the students the closet contained “monsters.” […]
A Washington school bus driver has died two days after he suffered a heart attack at the wheel, prompting students to take over. Fife School District Deputy Superintendent Jeff Short says 43-year-old Ryan Callis died Wednesday evening. Bus footage shows 13-year-old Jeremy Wuitschick rushing down the aisle to the unconscious driver and grabbing the wheel […]
When Otha Thornton, president-elect of the National PTA, signed up to help lead the PTA at Maryland’s Meade Senior High School in 2005, the chapter had about 25 members. Within two years, membership soared to 400 as the school community mobilized to boost morale and academic performance. Now he’s trying to rekindle that spirit on […]
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A 5-year-old boy found dozens of bags of heroin inside a jacket he had taken to school and showed them to his kindergarten classmates, the school superintendent said Tuesday. Bridgeport Superintendent Paul Vallas said he believes the boy took his stepfather’s jacket to school on Monday without knowing the drugs were inside […]
